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Local Faces: Denis Commins

Local Faces: Denis Commins

Lucan

By Hayden Moore “It’s not me, it’s the people who are with me,” is a line that Peamount United founder Denis Commins quips ...

Hell Fire Club’s €15m tourism project objections dismissed

Hell Fire Club’s €15m tourism project objections dismissed

News

By Aideen O'Flaherty An attempt by a local residents’ group to get a High Court order overturning planning permission for a €15m visitor ...

Projects receive €100,000 from Toy Show Appeal funding

Projects receive €100,000 from Toy Show Appeal funding

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy CLOSE to €100,000 has been awarded through the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal to two locally based projects, thanks to the ...

This week’s front pages – 8th of July 2021

This week’s front pages – 8th of July 2021

Latest

The Echo is on shop shelves today across communities in Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan and Ballyfermot. Check out our front pages below.  TALLAGHT ...

Hyland heading to Olympics after FINA invite

Hyland heading to Olympics after FINA invite

Sport

BRENDAN Hyland will be heading to the Olympic Games in Tokyo after receiving a FINA ‘B’ invitation that came on the back ...

Grieving father Andrew sponsors GAA Club’s first camogie team

Grieving father Andrew sponsors GAA Club’s first camogie team

Tallaght

By Hayden Moore THE father of three young children who died under tragic circumstances has sponsored Wanderers GAA Club’s first ever Camogie ...

Landmark Cuckoo’s Nest sold again in €1.2m deal

Landmark Cuckoo’s Nest sold again in €1.2m deal

News

By William O'Connor THE LANDMARK Cuckoo’s Nest is under new ownership following the recent sale of the famous establishment in a deal believed ...

Debenhams workers sign jersey for supporters museum

Debenhams workers sign jersey for supporters museum

Tallaght

By Hayden Moore A JERSEY signed by former Debenhams workers, who spent 406 days on the picket line in a redundancy dispute, is ...

Teenage girl found with €240k worth of drugs avoids jail

Teenage girl found with €240k worth of drugs avoids jail

Ballyfermot

By Fiachra Gallagher and Brion Hoban A teenager who was found with a shopping bag containing over €240,000 worth of cocaine and heroin ...

Bradley and Towell raring to go for Rovers’ European adventure in Slovakia

Bradley and Towell raring to go for Rovers’ European adventure in Slovakia

Sport

By Daire Walsh Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley is anticipating a mammoth challenge in Slovakia this evening as the SSE Airtricity Premier ...